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Elizabeth White, formerly of Ramsbrook Close, Speke avoided jail after allowing a cannabis farm to be set up in her home

Mr Criddle said: “While the premises were being searched there were people in an expensive car interested in the premises.”

Lengthy investigations were subsequently carried out into others believed to be involved in the illegal operation but White, who expected to earn between £2,000 and £3,000 for allowing her home to be used, is the only person who has been charged.

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When interviewed White said she had been approached at an earlier date by a male giving her a telephone number and saying to get in touch if she wanted to allow her home to be used for growing cannabis for cash.

57-year-old White, now of Telford Court, Edge Hill , pleaded guilty to permitting her premises to be used for producing cannabis and was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 30 days of rehabilitation activities.

The court was told she had “an appalling record” involving 49 convictions for 114 previous offences, mainly for dishonesty.

Elizabeth White, formerly of Ramsbrook Close, Speke avoided jail after allowing a cannabis farm to be set up in her home

However the judge said he would suspend the inevitable prison sentence for reasons including having the matter hanging over her for so long and having had a long gap in her offending apart from a minor offence three years ago.

Judge Norman Wright said: “It is disturbing to read what you said about someone handing out slips with a mobile number for women who might be interested in some cash and you were attracted to that.”

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The judge said it was one of the “most commercial cannabis farms I have seen in recent times. The crop was worth approaching nearly £50,000, big money for them and this is not the only place where this will be going on around this city.

“Cannabis farms in this city are becoming endemic and on the increase and you have helped them by succumbing the temptation of what you no doubt perceived to be easy money.”

Michael O’Brien, defending, said that White, who was using a crutch, was in poor health. She had been frank with police and had the matter hanging over her for a long time, he told the court.